Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, 5 sp

Objectives:
The student

• are familiar with the common transmission routes of pathogenic microbes
• understands the pathological picture of common infectious diseases
• know the basic aseptic methods
• master the terminology of basic clinical microbiology
• understand the immune response in health and disease
• understands the importance of immunology and pathology in health care
• can account for the immune system's physiology
• understands the mechanisms of the diseases

Content:

• Different microbe groups causing disease in man
• Different modes for microbe transmission
• Human microbiota and explain its impact on human health
• Microbes causing common human infectious diseases
• Antimicrobial resistance and explain the resistance in bacteria
• Basic aseptic methods, aseptic technique, hand hygiene
• Basics of pathology
• Basics of pathophysiology

Study methods:
Examination

Realization methods:
Blended learning

Study materials:
See Moodle and realization plan

Prerequisites:
No prior prerequisites

Time:
9.10 at 14.30–16.00, room W31-E133
14.10 at 8.30–11, room W31-C121
21.10 at 8.30–11, room W31-D109
30.10 at 14.45–16.15
7.11 at 9.15–11.15, room W31-E133
18.11 at 10.15–11.45, room W31-C121 
9.12 at 9–11, room W31-F176.1, room W31-F176.2

Place: 
Campus Alere, Wolffskavägen 31, 65200 Vasa

Teaching methods:
Lectures, assignments and individual studies, exam.

Contact:
Maria Berg, maria.berg@novia.fi